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“Do You Go to FanGraphs at All?”
If you’re a regular reader of the site, you probably heard this phrase, uttered the day after All-Star rosters were announced. In case you’re not, or you simply forgot about it, Daniel Murphy was upset...
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Joey Gallo Will Only Hit Homers
Last night, in a game that meant little, the Astros clobbered the Rangers. It made sense, because the Astros are a very good baseball team, and the Rangers are not. Maybe the most interesting thing...
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Boston Should Be Worried About Drew Pomeranz
Chris Sale has obviously been the pitching story in Boston this year, as the team’s first-year ace surpassed expectations and stabilized a group that saw David Price miss most of the year and Rick...
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The On-the-Fly Reinvention of James Shields
James Shields is the oldest part of a young and rebuilding White Sox ballclub. For that reason, he’s easy to overlook. Even fans of the team itself would presumably rather focus on, say, Yoan Moncada...
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Who Will Be the Face of This Record Home-Run Season?
The 2017 campaign has been an unprecedented one for the home run. Both by overall totals and by rate, no other season rivals the present one by that measure. Seasonal Ranks by Home-Run Totals, Rates...
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Francisco Lindor and Baseball’s Arbitration Problem
This is Mike Hattery’s fourth piece as part of his September residency at FanGraphs. Hattery writes for the Cleveland-based site Waiting for Next Year. He can also be found on Twitter. Read the work of...
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Aaron Judge Has Been the Least Clutch Player on Record
A fantastic talent, Aaron Judge has nevertheless had trouble high-leverage situations.(Photo: Keith Allison) Some MVP ballots might have already been submitted, which is a real shame because there’s...
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Dave Cameron FanGraphs Chat – 9/27/17
12:02 Dave Cameron: Happy final Wednesday of the regular season, everyone. 12:02 Dave Cameron: Next week, we’ll have one Wild Card game in the books and another to look forward to. 12:02 Dave Cameron:...
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The Secret Strength of the Rockies Bullpen
You have to look past the raw runs-allowed numbers. If you do, though, you’ll quickly realize that a large part of the Rockies’ success this year has been their bullpen. Second in the National League...
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Brian Dozier Is Doing His Impossible
There was, I’m sure, a certain amount of message-sending last night, when the Twins went into Cleveland and knocked off the Indians. The Twins right now are trying to make a statement, ensuring that...
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How 2017 Compares to the Steroid Era: Part I
Infielders account for a greater percentage of homers now than in 2017. (Photo: Ryan Claussen) The 2017 season has seen offensive levels rise to a height unmatched in major-league baseball for quite...
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Byron Buxton Explains How He Catches Everything
CLEVELAND — Last week, this author wrote about how Byron Buxton’s glove had improved from good to great in part thanks to Statcast. The post was inspired by a Jared Diamond piece for the Wall Street...
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The San Francisco Giants: Baseball’s Biggest Disappointment
The baseball season is long. How long is the baseball season? For the last little while, I’ve been following the Brewers and thinking about them as the underdog in the wild-card race. Yet the team...
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Did the Warthen Slider Drag the Mets Down?
The Mets’ quick slide from a National League championship in 2015 to 90 losses this season had to claim a victim. Manager Terry Collins appears to be one of them: according to reports, he’s unlikely to...
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FanGraphs Audio: Travis Sawchik, Live from the Shores of Lake Erie
Episode 771 The prolific Travis Sawchik has relocated from beautiful Mount Lebanon, PA, to beautiful Bay Village, OH. The move, however, has rendered him no less intent on exploring the wild frontiers...
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Brent Suter on Turning a Corner with a Pedestrian Fastball
Brent Suter succeeds in atypical fashion. The Milwaukee Brewers rookie throws his four-seam fastball roughly 70% of the time, and not because he lights up radar guns with it. He doesn’t. Suter’s (ahem)...
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The Yankees Are Built to Bullpen the Wild Card Game
Dellin Betances is just one member of a historically strong bullpen. (Photo: Keith Allison) The Yankees could do something really interesting in the Wild Card game — and perhaps even really smart. If...
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Eno Sarris Baseball Chat — 9/28/17
1:01 Eno Sarris: dedicated to the Twins and Rockies. Team entropy may have lost out, but it’s kinda cool to have these two teams in the postseason 12:01 Eno Sarris: yello 12:02 John Edwards: Twins are...
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There Is No Obvious NL MVP
Back in August, I wrote about the remarkably crowded NL MVP race. I went through 10 guys with pretty strong cases for the award, and noted there wasn’t much separation between those 10 guys. I ended...
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